Is It Time to Convince Josh McCown to Become a Coach for the Eagles?
As the Eagles continue to deliberate over who will become the next Offensive Coordinator on Doug Pederson’s staff, another name has surfaced as a possible candidate who’s already in the Eagles locker room – Josh McCown.
Numerous stories have recently surfaced discussing this very issue about keeping the journeyman QB on the team as a coach. After his heroic stand in the NFC Wild Card game, McCown has shown that he is willing to do literally anything and everything he can to help the Eagles win and that kind of effort could certainly carry over into the coaching profession.
Football players have to make a decision at one point in their career or another that it is time to hang up their helmet and cleats and either walk away from the game entirely or stay connected in some form or fashion. For some, staying connected means becoming TV or radio sports broadcasters as in the case of McCown who was hired as an ESPN analyst before joining the Eagles last summer.
For others, staying connected means becoming part of the NFL coaching fraternity and this is certainly an avenue that many QB’s take as a way of imparting their knowledge and experience of the game into workable playbooks and winning football games.
In the case of Josh McCown, he has been in the NFL since 2002 and has had stops at QB with the Cardinals. Raiders, Panthers, Bears, Buccaneers, Browns, Jets and most recently and heroicly with the Eagles. McCown has been around so many head coaches and OC’s it would make any player’s head spin around. And yet, this journeyman experience may have its advantages as McCown the quarterback has seen what works offensively and certainly what doesn’t work through many systems and schemes.
McCown has been known to help out with high schools where his sons have played as well and while high school football doesn’t compare to the NFL, it is a stepping stone in a coaching career and Josh McCown already has this experience behind him.
The OC candidate selection process continues in Philadelphia at least for the near future. One possible solution is to take all three Eagles that have been mentioned for the OC position and develop an offensive staff out of these candidates.
Josh McCown, Duce Staley, and Press Taylor all bring unique talents, knowledge, and experience to the Eagles offensive game.
Why not offer Duce Staley a co-Offensive Coordinator position in charge of the run game, make Press Taylor the co-Offensive Coordinator for the passing game and offer Josh McCown the QB coaching position? Or vice-versa with Press Taylor staying as a very talented QB’s coach and Josh McCown as the passing game OC?
Sometimes the hidden gem is the stone right in front of you and Doug Pederson certainly has three talented individuals in the Eagles organization who could work together and help take the team to next year’s Super Bowl.
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